Kasina means: Entirety, Totality, Unity, Wholeness and Oneness...It is a purely external method of inducing concentration and reach jhana absorption by unifying & condensing all undivided attention on a single homogenous, pure and uniform object or aspect...There are 10 objects. Consciousness itself is regarded the finest:1: The Earth kasina, 2: Water kasina, 3: Fire kasina, 4: Wind kasina, 5: The Blue kasina, 6: Yellow kasina, 7: Red kasina, 8: White kasina, 9: The Light or the consciousness kasina, 10: The Space kasina. The colour kasinas is a blue, yellow, red or white circular disk ~1" feet in diameter of cloth, or painted cardboard or plywood, whichis set up ~2 meters from the meditator who by gazing intensively at it internalizes it and thereby construct an artificial visualization! In the earth kasina, the object of gazing may be a ploughed field seen from afar, or a round piece of earth prepared for the purpose. In the water kasina one may gaze at a pond seen from an elevation, or at water contained in a vessel. Similarly with the fire and wind. One must keep the mind away from all outside contacts & various thoughts on other objects, as well as all those disturbing and often detrimental mental visions or pseudo-hallucinations that may arise. Now, while exclusively fixing the eyes and thoughts on the blue disk as the sole object, the things around the disk seem to disappear and the disk itself becomes more and more a purely mental appearance. Then, whether the eyes are opened or closed, one perceives this nowpurely mentalized kasina disk, as wholly pure uniformly bright blue. This is the so-called acquired image (uggaha-nimitta) which, though apparently induced by means of the physical eyes, is nevertheless produced and visualized only by the mind, independent of the eyes! This fragile mentally produced image one should make so steady itno longer vanishes, but remains firmly fixed in the mind. Then it willbecome continually steadier, brighter, and more intensive. Such allpervading pure blue is the mental reflex-image (patibhaga-nimitta) & associated with it is the access concentration (upacara-samadhi). During this stage all mental hindrances (nivarana) have temporarily, been suppressed. No sensual lust (kama-chanda) can arise in such focused state. No ill-will (vyapada) can irritate the mind. So is alsoall lethargy and laziness (thina-middha) overcome. No restlessness or regret (uddhacca-kukkucca) and no wavering in confused doubt(vicikiccha) can any more divert the mind. If it is still possible forthese five mental hindrances to arise, there can be no lasting calm of the mind. When they are gone, & the calm appears is if even solidone may reach the absorption level concentration (appana-samadhi) and thereby enter into the first jhana. The first jhana is a state of calm peace, joyful bliss, and directed thought & sustained thinking(vitakka-vicara), i.e. inner speech or verbal activities of the mind...By the fading away & stilling of these verbal activities of the mind, one has attained the second jhana, a state of calm joy & happiness (piti-sukha), freed from all thinking and pondering. When the joyfades away the third jhana is reached, which is characterized by a serene equanimous happiness (upekkha-sukha). At the ceasing ofhappiness, a state of perfect equanimity (upekkha) remains. This iscalled the fourth jhana. After emerging from the fourth jhana, the mind becomes serene, pure, lucid, stainless, devoid of wrong, pliable, able to act, firm and imperturbable. Such mind is capable of all...

The Blessed Buddha explained:Monks, there are the ten kasina devices (for concentration). What are the ten? Someone perceives the earth kasina, above, below, on all sides, undivided, unbounded; another person perceives the water kasina... the fire kasina... the wind kasina... the blue... yellow... white... red kasina... the space kasina... the consciousness kasina, above, below, on all sides, undivided, unbounded. These are the ten kasina devices. Among these ten, this is the highest — when one perceives this subtle consciousness kasina above, below... unbounded. There are, indeed, monks, such persons who perceive in that way. But even for persons who thus perceive, change takes place, transformation takes place!

For a detailed explanation of the kasina exercises see Vism IV, V.The Path of Purification: Visuddhimagga. Excellent translation by Bhikkhu Nanamoli. Written by 'the great explainer' Buddhaghosa in 5th century AC on Ceylon: http://what-buddha-said.net/library/pdf ... on2011.pdf

The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, just as this body, is sustained by feeding, exists in dependence on feeding and cannot survive without food, so are the 7 Links to Awakeningalso sustained by feeding, they can also only exist in dependence on feeding and they cannot remain without feeding... And what, bhikkhus, is the feeding of the emergence of any yet unarisen equanimity and also feeding of the completion by condensation of any arisen Equanimity? There are states that are the basis & source Equanimity! Frequently pointingcareful and rational attention to them, is feeding the emergence of unarisen equanimity & also feeding of the gradual fulfillment of any arisen Equanimity Link to Awakening... And what, Bhikkhus, is the starving that obstructs all emergence of a yet unarisen equanimity and which also hinders any already arisen Equanimity Link from reaching complete fulfillment by development? There are states that are the basis and source for the equanimity!Not giving frequent, careful and rational attention to them; not considering them much and often; is the starving that prevents an unarisen equanimity from arising and also blocks any already arisen equanimity from reaching any complete fulfillment through training in the form of frequent meditation!

Comments from the classical commentaries: Imperturbable onlooking ballance is characteristic of the equanimity. (Upekkha-Sambojjhanga). Moderation, seeking the neutral middle, composureand control is the purpose of the quality of Equanimity (Upekkha). Imperturbability is the manifestation of the equanimity. This stable yet stillplastic patience purifies all the other advantageous mental states, which thus reach their maximum, when joined with Equanimity...

Further conditions helpful for the emergence of the equanimity are:1: Impartiality regarding all living & sentient beings...2: Indifference regarding all inanimate constructions...3: Avoiding biased people who prefer favouritism & one-sided partiality...4: Friendship with well ballanced people unmoved by both pleasure & pain...5: Commitment to ballance the mind into even & imperturbable Equanimity!

There is Equanimity towards living beings and regarding material things!There is Equanimity towards internal states & regarding external states!There is Equanimity towards all past, present, and future times, and events!There is Equanimity towards all mentality and regarding all materiality!

The Buddha explained how to regard the body in order to reduce greed:Whether going or standing, sitting or lying, bending or stretching, then oneshould note fully aware: this is movement of the body, which is a frame of bones joined with sinews, plastered with skin and flesh, full of intestines, stomach, liver, bladder, heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen, slime, mucus, sweat, pus, lymph, blood, joint-fluid, bile, and fat. Filth oozes from its nine holes astears, earwax, snot, spittle, vomit, bile, urine, semen and excrement. Sweat and dirt stick the body, and its hollow skull is filled with a fatty brain...Only a fool, overwhelmed by ignorance, regards it as beautiful, but when it lies dead, swollen up and bluish, cast away, eaten by dogs, jackals, wolves,worms, crows and vultures nobody cares anymore about it. This impure, andevil-smelling two-footed body is cherished by many and adored as a temple.However: Whoever would be proud of such a body, or would belittle othersfor their less attractive body, what is this, except lack of genuine insight?The bhikkhu possessing knowledge here, having heard the Buddha's word, indeed understands it, for he sees this body as it really is. As this corps is, so is that body of mine also, understanding this, one can relinquish desire for the body, both one's own and other's. Having eliminated desire, lust &passion, the bhikkhu possessing knowledge here, has arrived at the undying, at imperturbable peace, at the unshakable state of quenching. Sn 193-205

The Blessed Buddha once said:The habitual praxis of the observance day endowed with eight features brings high reward and blessing, & is of sublime dignity and greatness. And which are these eight features? Here, any Noble Disciple considers within himself: Throughout their life the Arahats avoid the killing of anyliving being, they do not hurt any of them. Without stick or any weapon, tender-hearted, gentle, caring, & mild they think only of the welfare of all living beings! So will also I, this day and night, avoid the killing and hurting of all living and breathing beings. Without any cudgel or weapon, tender-hearted, full of kindness, I will think only on the joyous welfare of all living beings and creatures. In this regard I will follow the Arahats, & I shall observe this observance day praxis perfectly! With this first praxis is the observance day enriched. Observed in this very way, the observance day endowed with eight features brings high - even divine - reward & blessing & is of sublime dignity and immense greatness...

All sentient beings feel pain from violence...All sentient beings fear death in panic!Seeing other beings are like oneself;Treating other beings like oneself;One should never ever harm or kill ... Dhammapada 129

Whoever never injures, neither with weapon nor stick, beings searching for their happiness - when after death -seeking same happiness, such gentle one always gains it!Dhammapada 132

Harmlessness protects Everyone!

The one who has left all violence,who never harms any being at all,whether they are moving or still,who neither kill, nor causes to kill,such one, harmless, is a Holy One. Dhammapada 405

Rational and alert attention is thus a cause of ultra clear comprehension!When continuous Awareness is established, it can prevent all mistakes,and their painful after-effects... In this way do clear comprehension lead reduced frustration and gain of new satisfaction! If correctly cultivated,and made much of, this praxis will be for all beings welfare and happinessfor a long, long time... Why so? Clear comprehension purifies the purpose, the suitability, the domain, and the unconfused focus of any activity!

Any Buddhist disciple should avoid taking anything from anywhere knowing it belongs to another. He should neither steal, nor swindle, nor incite others to steal or cheat. He should completely avoid all theft, deception and fraud. Sutta Nipata 2.397

The young brahman Magha once asked the Blessed Buddha:When giving food, where would this offering be most purified for the donor?The Blessed One answered: If any open-handed householder, a lordly giver, Magha, seeking merit, looking for merit, sacrifices, giving food and drink to others, such one would achieve most merit, if the recipient is pure and Noble.Such, who indeed wander unattached in the world, having & wanting nothing, fully accomplished, in complete self-control, upon them, at the right time one should bestow an offering. Those who have cut all mental bonds and fetters, who are tamed, completely released, without affliction, without desire, uponthem, at the right time, should one bestow an offering. Upon these purified & Noble Ones should any brahman, who is looking for merit, place his sacrifice!Sutta-Nipata verses 488-491 Edited excerpt.

If friendship between animal beings can cross even remote species borders, so can and should we humans also make our kind friendship extend beyond any national, religious, cultural, gender, educational, job, and age border!Only in this very good way, can we establish a society, where we can sleepwith the doors open, and dance with the children in our arms. So be it

May all creatures, all breathing things,all beings one and all, without exception,experience good fortune only.May they not fall into any harm.Anguttara Nikaya II, 72

With good will for the entire cosmos,cultivate a limitless heart & mind:Beaming above, below, & all around,unobstructed, without trace of hostility.Sutta Nipata I, 8

For one who deliberately & awaredevelops Universal FriendlinessSeeing the fading away of clinging,All chains are worn down & broken. Itivuttaka 27

Let no one deceive anotheror despise anyone anywhere,or through anger or irritationwish for another to suffer. Sutta Nipata I, 8

I am a friend of the footless,I am a friend of all bipeds;I am a friend of those with four feet,I am a friend of the many-footed!Anguttara Nikaya 4.67

As I am, so are others...As others are, so am I...Having thus identified self and others,Never Harm anyone, nor have any abused.Sutta Nipata 3.710

Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived in the jungle. No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.Uplifted by such universal friendliness, I enjoyed the forest.Finding great solace in such sweetly silenced solitude…Suvanna-sama Jataka 540

Train yourself in doing goodthat lasts and brings happiness.Cultivate generosity, the life of peace, and a mind of infinite universal love.Itivuttaka 22

The 9th mental Perfection is Friendliness (Metta):Just as water refreshes and cleanses both just and unjust persons without discrimination, so does the perfection of friendliness include both friends and foes alike, and doesn't enact any distinction, favouritism, or partiality.

Therefore did the Buddha point out Harmlessness as the best protection:

I am a friend of the footless,I am a friend of all bipeds;I am a friend of those with four feet,I am a friend of the many-footed!Anguttara Nikaya 4.67

As I am, so are others...As others are, so am I...Having thus identified self with others,Never Harm anyone, nor make any hurt.Sutta-Nipata 705

Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived in the jungle. No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone...Uplifted by such universal friendliness, I enjoyed the forest.Finding great solace in that sweetly silenced solitude…Suvanna-sama Jataka 540

The Buddha said:"So few as these only, are these supreme mental qualities, which culminatesin Awakening. There is nothing elsewhere beyond them! Be thorough, firm and systematic to complete them all..."

These 10 mental perfections can be developed to three levels:I: Those who awakens as disciples = Savaka-Bodhis give all possessions awayincluding wife and kids to perfect generosity. Similar level with the 9 other perfections...

II: Those who awakens as Solitary Buddhas = Pacceka-Buddhas give an organ, limb or eye away to perfect generosity. Similar level with the 9 other perfections...

III: Those who awakens as Perfect Buddhas = Sammasam-Buddhas give even their own life away to perfect generosity. Similar level with the 9 other metal perfections...

The basic perfection of generosity is the relinquishing of one's children, wives, and belongings, such as wealth. The intermediate perfection of giving is the relinquishing of one's own limbs. The ultimate perfection of giving is the relinquishing of one's own life. The 3 stages in the perfection of morality should be understood as the non-transgression of morality on account of the three: children and wife, limbs, and life. The three stages in the perfection of withdrawal, as the withdrawal of those three bases after cutting off attachment to them. The 3 perfections of understanding, as the discrimination between what is advantageous or detrimental to beings after rooting out craving for one's belongings, limbs, and life. The three stages in the perfection of energy, as striving for the relinquishing of these 3things.The three stages in the perfection of patience, as tolerance to obstacles to one's belongings, limbs, and life. The 3 stages of perfection of Honesty, as the non-abandoning of honesty due to one's belongings, limbs, and life.The 3 stages of perfection of determination, as unshakeable determination despite the destruction of one's belongings, limbs, & life, bearing in mind that perfections ultimately succeed through a unflinching determination!The three stages in the perfection of friendliness, as the maintaining of friendliness towards any one, who destroys one's belongings! The 3 stages in the perfection of equanimity, as maintaining an attitude of imperturbableimpartial neutrality towards all beings and phenomena, whether they are helpful or harmful in regard to ones belongings, limbs, and life. In this way should the analysis of the mental perfections be understood.

Before the Blessed Buddha Gotama (563-483 BC) was the good Buddha Kassapa, and before him were the Buddhas: Konagamana & Kakusandha all in this universal eon!Before them were there Buddhas: Vessabhu, Sikhi, Vipassi, Phussa, and Tissa, Siddhattha, Dhammadassi, Atthadassi, Piyadassi, Sujata, and Sumedha,Padumuttara, Narada, Paduma, Anomadassi, Sobhita, Revata, and Sumana, Mangala, Kondañña, Dipankara, Saranankara, Medhankara & Tanhankara!Even before them were an endless number of Buddhas, who all explainedthese Seven Sets of Qualities Producing Enlightenment! What Seven?

1: The Four Foundations of Awareness2: The Four Best Efforts3: The Four Ways to Force 4: The Five mental Abilities5: The Five mental Powers6: The 7 Links to Awakening7: The Noble 8-fold Way

All Buddhas in the future beginning with Metteyya will also explain these!Those who stay here and pays attention will learn each single set of ability to an extent he/she will not easily forget.. Thus is lasting progress ensured!!!When the mirror is polished, then it produces an entirely perfect reflection of the original supreme absolute...Therefore: Hang on here! Never Give Up!May all sentient beings awaken into the ultimate peace, freedom & happiness!Yeah!

The Blessed Buddha once said:Friends, you should abandon all desire and any lust for whatever there is impermanent, vanishing, and neither me, nor mine, nor owned by any self!And what is impermanent, suffering & neither me, nor mine, nor any self?The eyes and all forms are impermanent, suffering, and all impersonal...The ears and all sounds are transient, affliction, and without any self...The nose and all smells are fleeting, miserable, and not belonging to any..The tongue & all flavours are temporary, addictive, and always ownerless.The body and all touches are passing, obsessive, remote, alien, & non-self!The mind and all thoughts are momentary, imaginary and without a core...Friends, you should eliminate all desire and any lust for whatever there isimpermanent, suffering, and impersonal, whether these appearances arepast, present or future, internal or external, high or low, fine or gross,far or near... That will indeed ease your well-fare for a long, long time...Why so? Because - Craving in itself! - is the very cause of all Suffering...This is the 2nd Noble Truth, unheard of before, the Buddha discovered it!

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How does a Bhikkhu dwell pervading one direction with his mind endued with compassion? Just as he would feel compassion on seeing an unlucky, unfortunate person, so he pervades all beings with boundless compassion! Therefore first of all, on eyeing a wretched man, deplorable, unfortunate, in every way a fit object for compassion, horrid, reduced to utter misery,with hands and feet cut off, sitting in the shelter for the weak & helplesswith an empty dirty pot placed before him, with maggots in all his wounds,moaning, compassionate pity should be felt for him in this way: This being has been reduced to misery: If only he could be freed from his suffering!Similarly too should a Bhikkhu whose meditation subject is compassion also arouse compassion for an evil-wrong-doing person, even if he is happy now:Though this poor wretch is now happy, cheerful, & enjoying his wealth, butstill, since he has neglected to do even one single good deed, he can come to experience untold suffering anytime after a downfall to the states of loss!Such infinitely compassionate pity he feels towards all beings and especiallyboth towards himself, the dear friend, the neutral one, & the hostile person,thereby breaking down the wrong attitude barrier separating these objects.Vbh 273, Vism I 315

What is the proximate cause of Pity?The proximate cause of Compassionate Pity (Karuna), which induces this fine mental state, is seeing, knowing and understanding the HELPLESSNESSof most beings, since they do the wrong that cause their misery influencedby ignorance, which blind and obstruct their understanding of right & wrong,and influenced by greed, lust and desire, which bind and drag them despite their struggles, and influenced by hate, aversion and opposition, which push and burn them from inside. Out of self-control they are thus bound to commit wrong repeatedly and thus later experience the resulting downfall!

The Blessed Buddha once said:Contemplation on death, Bhikkhus & friends, when developed & frequently practised, brings high reward and blessing, has the Deathless Dimension itself as goal & sweet fruit. And how so? Bhikkhus & friends, at every dawn and dusk the wise Bhikkhu thinks to himself: Truly, there are many, manypossibilities of dying: a snake may bite me, or a scorpion or centipede may sting me, and thereby I may lose my life. This would be an obstruction!Or I may stumble and fall down; or become seriously sick, or bad men or evil spirits may attack me, and thereby I may die. That would indeed be for me an obstruction blocking Nibbana!Here, a Bhikkhu therefore considers by intelligent reflection: Are there still found in me unsubdued evil and disadvantageous mental states, that if I should die today or tonight, would lead me to a bad, painful, low, ugly, poor or unsuccessful next life?Now, if he by such reflection realize that there are indeed still unsubdued evil and disadvantageous mental states found in him, then he should use his outmost determination, energetic effort, endurance, steady awareness, and clear comprehension in order to subdue these evil & disadvantageous mental states! If, however, the Bhikkhu by reflection notices that there are not anymore found in him any evil & disadvantageous mental states, then such Bhikkhu can dwell in pure blissful serene joy, training himself in all advantageous things both by day and by night! Source: AN 8:74

Vap Poya day is the full-moon of October. This holy day celebrates theend of the Bhikkhu's three months rains retreat and marks the Kathinamonth of robes , where lay people donate a set of robes to the Sangha. This also celebrates the day that Buddha began to teach the Abhidhamma!

The Buddha descending from the Tavatimsa Level after having spent a rainsretreat there explaining the Abhidhamma to the assembled devas duringa single three months long speech! His biological mother Mahamaya, whodied 7 days after his birth, and was reborn in Tusita as a devata, was present. He is followed down by the deva rulers Sakka and Maha-Brahma.

The Kathina Ceremony of giving robes to the Maha-Sangha and receive blessing merit thereby!

On such Full-Moon Uposatha Poya Observance days:Any Lay Buddhist simply joins the Three Refuges and undertakes the Five Precepts like this: Newly bathed, shaved, white-clothed, with clean bare feet, one kneels at a shrine with a Buddha-statue, and bows first three times, so that feet, hands, elbows, knees & head touch the floor. Then, with joined palms at the heart, one recites these memorized lines in a loud, calm & steady voice:

As long as this life lasts: I hereby take refuge in the Buddha. I hereby take refuge in the Dhamma.I hereby take refuge in the Sangha. I hereby seek shelter in the Buddha for the 2nd time.I hereby seek shelter in the Dhamma for the 2nd time.I hereby seek shelter in the Sangha for the 2nd time.I hereby request protection from the Buddha for the 3rd time.I hereby request protection from the Dhamma for the 3rd time.I hereby request protection from the Sangha for the 3rd time.I will hereby respect these Three Jewels the rest of my life!

I accept to respect & undertake these 5 training rules: I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Killing.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Stealing.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Sexual Abuse.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Dishonesty.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Alcohol & Drugs.As long as this life lasts, I am thus protected by these 5 precepts...

Then, one keeps and protects these sacred vows better than one's own eyes & children!, since they protect you & all other beings much better than any army! They are the highest offer one can give in & to this world! So is the start towards Nibbana: the Deathless Element!This is the Noble Way to Peace, to Freedom, to Ease, to Happiness, initiated by Morality, developed further by Dhamma-Study and fulfilled by training of Meditation...

Today indeed is Pooya or Uposatha or observance day, where any lay Buddhist normally keeps even the Eight Precepts from sunrise until the next dawn... If any wish an official recognition by the Bhikkhu-Sangha, they may simply forward the lines starting with "I hereby ..." signed with name, date, town & country to me or join here. A public list of this new quite rapidly growing global Saddhamma-Sangha is set up here!

The Blessed Buddha once said:Bhikkhus: There are these four kinds of Clinging. What four?1: Clinging to Sense-Pleasures...2: Clinging to Various Views...3: Clinging to Rituals and Superstition…4: Clinging to an an Ego-Concept…These are the four kinds of Clinging!This Noble 8-fold Way is to be developed for the direct experience of the four kinds of clinging, for the full understanding of these clingings, for their complete elimination, and for their final overcoming, abandoning and leaving all behind…The Noble 8-fold Way is developed for the ceasing of all clinging!

Comments:1: The 1st kind of clinging to sights, sounds, smells, flavours, touches, and thoughts is fairly obvious, yet still long habituated and thus tenacious...2: Clinging is to Views is thinking: Doing good deeds are completely useless.Doing evil have no consequences! No action has any effect on my future!3: Clinging to rituals & superstition is like thinking that fire, bathing, and various empty rituals, like wearing funny hats & praying, can purify mind…3: Clinging to an Ego-concept, personality-belief, & a 'self' is the assuming an unchanging internal entity ‘I-Me', which however is non-existent...The proximate cause of all clinging is Craving, which have to be left! This is the 2nd Noble Truth! Clinging means: adherence, attachment, grip,clasping, clutching, grasping, stubbornly and tenaciously sticking to.The word pali word the Buddha used ‘Upadana’ literally means ‘taking up’ indicating that as soon as one takes up the object, then clinging occurs!

Sariputta once said:When, friends, a Noble Disciple understands clinging, the cause of clinging, the ceasing of clinging, and the way leading to the ceasing of clinging, in that way he is one of right view, whose view is straight, who has perfect confidence in the Dhamma, and has arrived at this true Dhamma... And what is clinging, what is the cause of clinging, what is the ceasing of clinging, what is the way to the cease clinging? Friends: There are these 4 kinds of clinging: clinging to sense-pleasures, clinging to views, clinging to rituals & superstition, and the subtle clinging to the ego-concept of an assumed inner self. With the arising of craving, clinging also arises. With the ceasing of craving, clinging thus ceases too! The way leading to the ceasing of clinging is just this Noble 8-fold Way: Right View, Right, Motivation, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Awareness, and Right Concentration…

In the 1st meditative jhana absorption, all sense-desire ceases...In the 2nd meditative jhana absorption, conceptual thinking ceases.In the 3rd meditative jhana absorption, enraptured Joy ceases.In the 4th meditative jhana absorption, breathing in and out ceases.In the sphere of infinite space, experience of form & sense reaction ceases.In the sphere of infinite consciousness, experience of infinite space ceases.In the sphere of nothingness, experience of infinite consciousness ceases.In the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, nothingness ceases...When attaining complete mental cessation, all perception and sensation ceases.These 9 sublime states have been perfectly formulated by the blessed Buddha,who knew and saw directly. therefore should we recite them together for the future advantage, welfare and happiness for both human beings and devas...

When sitting alone, in silence, each early morning, with closed eyes one wishes:May I radiate and meet only never-ending and mutually rejoicing joy!May I & all the various beings on the 31 levels of existence develop and findonly celebration and elation in a never-ending mutually rejoicing joy!May I & all beings on the sense-desire, fine-material, and the formless plane develop and encounter this generous, infinite and mutually rejoicing joy!May I & all beings in the front, to the right, the back, the left, and below as above, develop and experience openhearted, sharing, & mutually rejoicing joy!May I and all beings within this city, country, planet and universe always: Be fully aware and deeply mindful of this content and mutually rejoicing joy!Examine all details & aspects of this satisfied and mutually rejoicing joy!Put enthusiastic effort in our praxis of this devoted mutually rejoicing joy!Enjoy enraptured jubilant gladness in this exulting mutually rejoicing joy!Be silenced by the tranquillity of quiet and all smiling mutually rejoicing joy!Be concentrated & absorbed into one-pointedness by genuine rejoicing joy!Dwell in an imperturbable equanimity of pure and mutually rejoicing joy...Yeah! May it be even so, since mutual joy causes the jewel of contentment!

Comment: Mutual Joy is the 3rd infinite mental state (Appamañña):This gradually reduces all envy, jealousy, possessiveness, stinginess, avaricemiserliness, green covetousness and unhappiness related with all these states.The cause of Mutual Joy in rejoicing in your child's or boon companion's success. This same joy can then be beamed towards all liked, neutral and hostile beings.Mutual Joy is then the proximate cause of satisfied and fulfilled Contentment...Lack of mutual joy is thus the proximate cause of dissatisfied discontentment...Joined with the 7 links to Awakening it will later cause a formless jhana...Be happy at all and especially other being's success! Then calm comfort grows!